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Conscious and Non-conscious Representations of Emotional Faces in Asperger's Syndrome
Published on: July 31, 2016
[Alexithymia and Asperger syndrome]
I Paula-Pérez1, J Martos-Pérez, M Llorente-Comí
1Departamento de Métodos de Investigación y Diagnóstico en Educación, Universitat de Barcelona, Espana. isabelpaula@ub.edu
Introduction:
The study starts with the hypothesis that the difficulty to identify and describe emotions and feelings, and to differentiate the feelings of bodily sensations that accompany them, are a common denominator of the construct of alexithymia and Asperger syndrome (AS).
Patients And Methods:
The study evaluates the levels of alexithymia in nine adult male subjects with AS.
Results:
The results are classified according to whether the source of information is the subject itself with SA (significant alexithymia level in 2/3 parts of the subjects surveyed) or if the source is a relative (the final score in relation to the presence of the alexithymia is the double than in neurotypical population).
Conclusion:
It's confirmed a significant comorbidity between alexithymia and SA leading to the question of whether alexithymia is a idiosyncratic trait of individuals with SA.
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